tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post6323931659117430344..comments2023-12-28T06:30:48.808-05:00Comments on The Rule of Reason: Religion vs. The ArtsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-18207395729202736482014-02-12T12:55:43.249-05:002014-02-12T12:55:43.249-05:00Mike N: I "unstacked" it for myself long...Mike N: I "unstacked" it for myself long, long ago. Since then, I've been a voice in the wilderness of altruism and religion.Edward Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160209827969614964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-16979014192844757432014-02-12T10:12:46.700-05:002014-02-12T10:12:46.700-05:00If the deck is stacked against us, who stacked it?...If the deck is stacked against us, who stacked it? I'm afraid it was us with our anti life choices. We can unstack it any time. we only have to choose to do so.Michael Neibelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15321103608597264855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-22879751697064346142014-02-11T23:06:21.590-05:002014-02-11T23:06:21.590-05:00Thanks for the input, Revereridesagain. I guess ev...Thanks for the input, Revereridesagain. I guess everyone else is too frightened to make a comment.Edward Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160209827969614964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-87129937964633352832014-02-11T22:36:00.978-05:002014-02-11T22:36:00.978-05:00Gods are for people who can't handle heroes. A...Gods are for people who can't handle heroes. Anyone mentally shackled to the biblical notion that man is inherently wicked, insignificant, corrupt, and "disobedient" to an imaginary god will be unable to rationally grasp the concept of a true hero. Someone like Klaven, who sees himself as "fallen" human, can view the extended wallow in human sacrifice that is Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" as "beautiful" because here is a god voluntarily being tortured to death in order to "save" him from an unearned inbred "guilt". No wonder he can't get past the security blankets of religion, family, and flag-waving to grasp what kind of Michaelangelo is needed to create a renewal of the culture. Or even to examine his own motives in wishing to prolong the agony of the defenseless victims of his imaginary god's "will" such as the Schiavos. Self-righteous rationalization of such cruelty to others is apt to be the outcome of obsession with one's own "salvation" through unquestioning obedience to godly dictates.<br /><br />Trying to argue with the "salvation" addicted reminds one of the old saying about beating one's head against a wall because it feels so good when you stop.<br />revereridesagainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13443013401059011056noreply@blogger.com